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Queen’s postpones spring convocation ceremony

Written on March 2, 2021. Posted in News, University.

Queen’s announced it’s postponing another round of in-person convocations this spring in an email to graduating students Monday afternoon. “Unfortunately, and as a consequence of the ongoing pandemic and the knowledge that public health restrictions will continue for some months yet, we have made...

Senate: Principal talks remote homecoming, virtual convocation in fall term

Written on October 2, 2020. Posted in News, University.

Queen’s Senate started the 2020-21 year with a meeting on Sept. 29 through video-chat platform Zoom. Principal Patrick Deane addressed current COVID-19 concerns, telling Senate that while students are “overwhelmingly” being cooperative, the University has had to deal with “a certain number of students”...

Senate committee recommends Queen’s keep ‘O Canada’ at convocation

Written on February 28, 2020. Posted in News.

Two years after the issue was raised, the Senate Committee on Academic Procedures (SCAP) recommended Senate not take up the question of whether to discard ‘O Canada’ from convocation ceremonies. The recommendation, published in a memo published Feb. 25. and included in Queen’s Senate agenda, follows...

Two Indigenous leaders receive honorary degrees

Written on November 15, 2019. Posted in News.

This week, Canadian Senator Murray Sinclair and National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Perry Bellegarde were both scheduled to receive Honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD) at Queen’s graduation ceremonies. Bellegarde was awarded his LLD on Nov. 13, and Sinclair will receive his on Nov....

Queen’s graduate delivers her final anti-racism protest at convocation

Written on June 26, 2017. Posted in News.

As Evelyna Ekoko-Kay walked across the stage of Grant Hall during her graduation in June, she yelled “racism can’t wait” for one last time in front of the convocation audience. Upon accepting her degree, Ekoko-Kay revealed to the auditorium a shirt underneath her gown that read: “Barry + Henry + DARE...

Queen’s names 2017 honorary degree recipients

Written on February 16, 2017. Posted in News.

In the 2017 slate of honorary Queen’s degree recipients released Tuesday, the University harks back to the successes of 2015 — naming Nobel Prize winner Arthur McDonald and Smith School of Business benefactor Stephen J.R. Smith among honourees. Members of the 16-person honour roll will be formally...

Carters come to campus

Written on November 23, 2012. Posted in News.

For former US President Jimmy Carter, receiving an honorary degree from Queen’s was an opportunity to spread a message of peace. Carter and his wife Rosalynn paid a visit to Queen’s as part of fall convocation on Wednesday to receive their honorary degrees, their first received outside of the US. They...

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Queen’s postpones spring convocation ceremony

Senate: Principal talks remote homecoming, virtual convocation in fall term

Senate committee recommends Queen’s keep ‘O Canada’ at convocation

Two Indigenous leaders receive honorary degrees

Queen’s graduate delivers her final anti-racism protest at convocation

Queen’s names 2017 honorary degree recipients

Carters come to campus

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